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Catalogue description Ministry of Defence: Defence Signals Staff: Registered Files
| Reference: | DEFE 26 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Ministry of Defence: Defence Signals Staff: Registered Files |
| Description: |
Registered files of the Defence Signals Staff, relating to signals intelligence generally. |
| Date: | 1954-1982 |
| Related material: |
Earlier records relating to signals can be found in: HQ No.90 (Signals) Group: technical drawings, AIR 56 HQ No.90 (Signals) Group: papers, AIR 68 Directorate of Signals: papers, WO 244 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Former reference in its original department: | D/DSS file series |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Ministry of Defence, Defence Signals Staff, 1954- |
| Physical description: | 23 file(s) |
| Access conditions: | Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
Ministry of Defence |
| Accruals: | Series is accruing |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
After the 1964 unification of the three service ministries into the Ministry of Defence, the Defence Signal Staff [DSS] was created to group together the service signal departments under the Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Signals) [ACDS(S)]. The Assistant Chief was invariably an officer of four-star rank (Rear-Admiral, Major-General or Air Vice-Marshal) alternating by service at each change of incumbent. Broadly speaking, the DSS carried out the same duties as its precursors, although within a tri-service organisation. The DSS was split into four main divisions DSS Central, Directorate of Naval Signals, Signal Officer in Chief (Army) and DSS (Air). DSS Branches [Signals or Sigs] were operating throughout the four divisions (N denoting Navy, ARMY for Army, and AIR for RAF). |
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